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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21 and 22 (Pages 131 - 143).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In addition to talking with Betsy Goodman, Mary Nell Fickett, and Elizabeth Frazer to whom does Neil Donovan speak?
(a) Brian Morris, Paul Newman, and Mrs. Shilling.
(b) Mr. Goodman and Rev. Fickett.
(c) Mr. Shilling and Rev. Fickett.
(d) Mr. Berstein, Lisa Shilling's high school teachers, and Mr. Goodman.

2. According to Mary Nell Fickett, why do teenagers like to drink coffee and smoke cigarettes?
(a) Because there's nothing else to do.
(b) Because they like to be addicted to things.
(c) To make their parents worry.
(d) To show how old they are.

3. Mary Nell Fickett explains how she intends to help Lisa Shilling--she refers to the process as...
(a) Therapy-ize.
(b) Psychoanalyze.
(c) Hypnotize.
(d) Mesmerize.

4. By the end of the school year, when Betsy Goodman or Elizabeth Frazer asks Lisa Shilling a question, how does Lisa usually respond?
(a) By saying she doesn't know the answer.
(b) By always answering yes.
(c) By ignoring them.
(d) By repeating the question back at them.

5. Mary Nell Fickett states Lisa Shilling's diagnosis is "'a paranoid or a schizophrenic, and maybe both together'" (p. 68). Elizabeth Frazer disagrees and states Lisa's diagnosis is...
(a) Psychotic personality.
(b) Anorexia nervosa.
(c) Agoraphobic distemper.
(d) Nymphomania.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Betsy Goodman say Mary Nell Fickett "is the world's number one nose" (p. 121)?

2. What does Betsy Goodman conclude in the definition of madness?

3. Which major character has frequent visual and audible hallucinations?

4. Where do Betsy Goodman, Mary Nell Fickett, and Lisa Shilling first meet for an impromptu group therapy session?

5. The narrator describes Jeremy Bernstein as being shaped like what letter of the alphabet?

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